Location

Source

Purchase, April 2008.

Processing

Processed
and encoded by Anita
Wellner, June 2008.

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

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Biographical Note

American poet Edward Dorn was born April 2, 1929 in Villa Grove, Illinois. Edward Dorn attended Black Mountain College in North Carolina for several years, receiving a BA in 1954. Although poets associated with the college have often been grouped together as the "Black Mountain poets," Dorn has suggested: "I think I'm rightly associated with the Black Mountain “school,” not because of the way I write, but because I was there." Dorn's most influential and highly acclaimed work was the four-volume epic poem, Slinger, which evolved from his earlier poem, "An Idle Visitation." Edward Dorn died December 10, 1999 in Denver, Colorado.

Scope and Content Note

The three letters written by Edward Dorn are addressed to Clarence Major, Dave Schaff, and Louis Rowan. Additionally there are four poems (two of which are on a single sheet), titled "Nature their passing bell: an atonement," "A Vague Love," "Another Vague Love," and "In the Shadow."

Selected Search Terms

Personal Names

Major, Clarence.

Schaff, David.

Rowan, Louis.

Topical Terms

Poets, American--20th
century--Sources.

American Poetry--20th
century--Sources.

Form/Genre Terms

Letters
(correspondence)

Manuscripts.

Poems.

Occupation

Poets.

Arrangement

The letters are arranged in chronological order, followed by the four poems, all written in May 1966.

Detailed Contents List

Letter to Clarence Major
, 1959 April 30 [Box 55 F823]

1 item (1 leaf)

One handwritten letter written by poet Edward Dorn to Clarence Major. sending poems and mentioning Robert Creeley and Stuart Perkoff.

Letter to Dave Schaff
, [1961-1965] November 28 [Box 55 F823]

1 item (1 leaf)

One handwritten letter written by poet Edward Dorn to Dave Schaff, sending poems as suggested by LeRoi Jones. Includes an envelope and a self-address return envelope.